Cuff-holder



(No Model.)

- W. M. HOWE.

CUFF HOLDER.

No. 527,062. Patented 001;. 9, 1894.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFIC WILLIAM M. HOWE, OF AUSTIN, MINNESOTA.

CUFF-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 527,062, dated October 9, 1894. Application filed December 26, 1893. Serial No. 494,707. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM M. HOWE, a citizen ofthe United States, residing at Austin, in the county of Mower and State of Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cuff-Holders, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to end holders or devices for securing a cuff to the sleeve of the wearer, and has for its object to provide a holder which is simple in construction, efficient in operation, inexpensive to manufacture, and is so compact in form as to cause no discomfort or inconvenience to the wearer.

My improved holder permits of the ready removal or adjustmentof the cuff and yet so effective is it in operation that all danger of accidental displacement of the cuff is avoided.

In the drawings, Figurel is a view of a cuff provided with my improved cuif holder and attached to a sleeve. Fig. 2 is a side view of the holder. Fig. 3 is a view looking toward the left in Fig. 2. Fig. tis aview looking to-. ward the right, Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a bottom view. Figs. 6 and 7 are detail views of parts of the holder.

The body or button portion of the holder consists of a circular head a and a shank "b which latter is elliptical in cross section. A recess a, open on two sides, is formed in the bottom of said shank b, and at one end of the elliptical shank b is formed a lip b which will be referred to hereinafter. A central hole (1 is made in said body portion through which body portion passes a rod or pin a of steel or 7 other suitable metal, the lower end of said rod being bent at right angles to the body portion thereof and thencurved to form what I term a circular needle. The upper end of the rod e is secured'to a circular disk h which is preferably slightly larger in diameter than the circular head aof the body portion of the holder, and on which latter said disk turns freely, the outer edge g of said disk 71. being roughened or milled to givea better grasping surface. On the edge of the disk 72. is placed an arrow g or other indicator which registers (see Fig. 3) with a corresponding mark on the circular head a to enable the wearer to determine when a complete revolution of said disk h has been made.

The parts when assembled are in the position shown in Fig. 2, with disk 72. seated on the circular head a and turning freely thereon. The rod e, to which said disk his secured, turns within the body portion as the disk h is rotated, the circular needle fat the'end of rod 6 being housed within the recess a. It will be observed that when the indicating arrow or mark on the disk h registers with that on the circular head a the point of the circular needle is in suchposition as to be guarded by the downwardly projecting portioni of the shank b. v

The operation of the device is as follows: The shank b is forced through the holes of the cuff from the outside by inserting the lipped portion b of the shank first, and the holes in the cuff are thus held open until the entire shank b has passed through. The lip b will then engage the edges of the holes and prevent the holder from dropping out of the cuff, while the elliptically shaped shank b will hold the body portion in the position in which it is inserted and prevent it from turning in the holes of the cufi. Now the wearer, slipping the cuff on to the arm and adjusting it to the desired position, grasps the disk It between the thumb and finger and forces the inner end of the shank 1) against the sleeve, at the same time giving the disk one complete revolution; the distance the disk 72. must be revolved to accomplish this being indicated by the arrows referred to above, or by some other suitable index. It will be obvious that the pressure of the shank 1) against the sleeve will cause the fabric of the shirt to be forced into the open-sided recess 0 in the bottom of the shank so that it will be readily engaged by the circular needle f notwithstanding the fact that the latter is housed in the said recess. When it is desired to'detach the cuff the disk It is revolved in the opposite direction and the needle will be withdrawn from the fabric, thus allowing the removal or adjustment of the cuff.

I preferably construct my. improved cud holder of metal, although it may be made of wood, celluloid, or any other suitable material.

Having thus described my invention, I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. A cuff holder consisting of abody or button portion a provided with the shank I) having the open-sided recess 0 at its end or bottom, of 'the rod or shank e fitted to turn in the said shank b and provided at one end with the circular needlef housed in said recess and the disk It to which the other end of said rod or shank e is secured; so that by turning said disk 7: the said circular needle may be rotated in said recess 0 to cause it to be engaged with or disengaged from the fab- I'lG of the shirt sleeve to which the cuff is to be secured.

2. A cuff holder comprising a body or button portion a provided with the elliptical shank I) having the open sided recess 0 at its end or bottom and having also the projecting 11p b, of the rod or shank e fitted to turn in the said shank b and provided at one end with the circular needlef housed in said recess and the disk h to which the other end of said rod or shank e is secured.

3. In a cult holder, the combination with the body portion provided with an elliptical shank having a recess at its bottom or lower end and also a projecting lip, of a circular needle within said recess, means for rotating the said needle, and an indicator or index for deterrniningthepositionof said needle within the recess, substantially as described.

4. In a cuif holder, the combination with thebody portion consisting of the head a and the shank I) provided with the open-sided recess c and the lip 11', of the disk or cap h, the rode secured to said disk orcap and turning therewith, the circular needle f formed at the end of said rod and turning within said recess c, and the indicator orindex g, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM M. HOWE. Witnesses:

HERBERT L. BANFIELD, \V. E. WALDRoN. 

